ARIS Architect and Designer vs SAP Signavio Process Manager comparison

Software AG and SAP are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Software AG is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.2, while SAP is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.8. Software AG holds a 1.3% mindshare in BPD, compared to SAP’s 8.2% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of SAP users who would recommend it.

ARIS Architect and Designer

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

SAP Signavio Process Manager and ARIS Architect and Designer both compete in the process management software category. SAP Signavio appears to have the upper hand in user-friendliness and collaboration, while ARIS excels in customization and governance.

Features: SAP Signavio stands out with a focus on collaboration, simplicity in process modeling, and integration with tools like the Process Manager and Collaboration Hub. It offers strong visualization and version management. ARIS provides extensive customization options, supporting numerous model and object types, and attributes. It's particularly strong in process analysis and governance through predefined modeling standards.

Room for Improvement: SAP Signavio could enhance its user interface and predictive analytics, alongside better system integration and more flexible licensing. Enhanced collaboration features are also desired. ARIS, meanwhile, could benefit from improved support for modern collaboration, reduced licensing costs, and better simulation capabilities, as users have identified areas for technical enhancements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Signavio offers deployment across both public and private clouds, praised for its responsive technical support. ARIS, being primarily on-premises, provides a different deployment environment but also receives positive feedback for robust technical assistance.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Signavio is competitively priced with enterprise licensing options, although recent price increases post-SAP integration have raised concerns among some users. ARIS is often viewed as expensive, potentially limiting adoption despite comprehensive features. Both deliver ROI through improved efficiency and process streamlining, with users noting time savings and enhanced collaboration.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS Architect and Designer

Ranking in Business Process Design

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Signavio Process Manager

Ranking in Business Process Design

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS Architect and Designer is 1.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Manager is 8.2%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Signavio Process Manager	8.2%
ARIS Architect and Designer	1.3%
Other	90.5%

Business Process Design

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BeenishMustafa

Consultant at KAFD DMC

Has raised concerns about pricing while expressing satisfaction with its contribution to optimizing internal processes

Considering the integration capability of the product, it contributes to data-driven decision-making in our case. We see some impact of reporting tools on performance tracking or strategic planning. We do different kinds of analysis in regard to due integration controls, risk, and how we can strengthen the processes and the activities. We use it for various purposes. Regarding the process visualization framework, it helps to improve communication and collaboration in the company in a positive way. Architect is managing all the library management and with regards to the filter management. It's always a positive side that if you want to use anything further, we know that we can reach out to the Architect to add those objects and those attributes. It's really good.

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Eury Reyes P

Analista sr. de procesos de transformación digital at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Reveals real bottlenecks, but pricing and usability need work still require improvement.

SAP Signavio Process Manager could be improved in several areas to make it more competitive and accessible. From my experience, the strongest opportunity lies in enhancing its process mining capabilities. While Signavio offers solid functionality, other tools like Celonis provide deeper insights and more seamless integrations, especially when working with large datasets or complex execution paths. Strengthening the integration layer and expanding native process mining features would significantly elevate the platform. Another area for improvement is pricing. The solution tends to be positioned at a premium level, which can limit adoption compared to other tools that offer similar or stronger capabilities at a more accessible cost. A more flexible or tiered pricing model would make the product more appealing to a broader range of organizations. Regarding usability, while the platform is powerful, it can feel advanced for users who do not have a process engineering background. Improving the user interface and offering more intuitive guidance for non-technical stakeholders would help increase engagement and ease of use across teams. In terms of support, the setup experience is manageable, especially with technical assistance, but there is room for SAP to provide more consistent and accessible support to ensure a smoother learning curve for new users. Overall, enhancements in process mining depth, integration capabilities, pricing flexibility, and user-friendliness would make SAP Signavio Process Manager a more compelling and widely adoptable solution.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The support team is very responsive."

"Considering the integration capability of the product, it contributes to data-driven decision-making in our case."

"The user interface is easy to work with."

"Its user interface is highly regarded, especially when compared with Visual Paradigm."

"One of the most valuable features is how user-friendly ARIS is, compared to other BPM tools. This tool has very diverse types of assets available. ARIS also has a lot of customizable options, different model types, object types, a number of attributes, and a lot of customization is possible. In comparison, Signavio is very limited in terms of model types and object types. So these customizations ARIS offers are really valuable to any client who wants to create a BPM repository."

"It's really fast. It's much faster compared to Enterprise Architect."

"We use the product for modeling, conducting process checks, doing process flow, running, and analyzing the report."

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"This solution is innovative and simple to use."

"The drag-and-drop functionality in Signavio is impressive and user-friendly, allowing easy connection to other elements without the need for excessive back-and-forth."

"The visual representation is extremely powerful and easy to use in process modeling and analysis. I can show it to someone who doesn't know business process mapping, and they still understand because it's visually presented. It becomes easy to explain variants and what needs to change."

"It's easy and fast. It's very quick to work with process teams in terms of improving processes. You just have to send them a URL and to have a process in front of them. I don't use all of the possibilities we have in Signavio. This has made it easier for people to adopt, because when we scrambled the process team together and started a process of improvement, it improved their process. They are much more involved than they had been earlier, and they can also use Signavio to make smaller improvements in the process for themselves. There are many more interactions between the process teams and Signavio than in our previous solution, where you had to hire in a professional process modeler. It's been a great improvement."

"The benefit of this application is that I can immediately describe processes and form normative documents for these processes. For me, this is definitely a plus. Сurrently, I work in a company that is not involved in the structural alignment of business processes. They have huge gaps in this. Nothing is described and there are no norms. Therefore, the formation of regulatory documents, rules, and descriptions of processes, not only in graphic form, but also in documentary form is an absolute plus. I have not found this in other process programs."

"As a business transformation suite, Signavio offers a number of integrated helpful tools. The Process Modeler helps with the conceptual work, but is directly integrated with the components of the Workflow Accelerator (Automation) and the Process Intelligence (Mining). This makes Signavio an indispensable service package."

"It is a scalable solution."

"The features I find most valuable are ease of use and the Collaboration Hub."

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Cons

"Sometimes we feel that the designer needs more usability. I understand that the web module or the cloud version is much more user-friendly and easier to work on compared to the client that we download."

"The simulation part still has some way to go. It's a good feature, and it's something that other vendors don't have right now, but it can still be improved. Some features are needed in ARIS Architect, so advanced users can do things through drag-and-drop functionality."

"The product is not flexible."

"Currently, we don't have any metrics to measure the success of ARIS Architect and Designer."

"Sometimes, it's not easy to convince customers to use this methodology because it's a bit rigid."

"The customer service of ARIS Architect and Designer was disappointing. It took forty days to conclude that partial data restoration was not possible, and it was suggested that the data might have been accidentally deleted, despite evidence to the contrary."

"Even with a formal modeling language, users can still draw freely and make a bit of a mess in your repository. It should also improve usability."

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"There is always room for improvement is the capability of integration with other solutions."

"It would be beneficial to have a defined leveling or hierarchy system to facilitate better understanding and analysis. More openness and flexibility would enhance its capabilities."

"Its reporting feature could have customization options."

"There are a few bugs when you use the Microsoft Surface Hub with the big screen."

"The reporting is too slow and there is a limit of 250 processes."

"There are a lot of challenges with Process Manager. For example, we wanted to create a process map from an Excel sheet, but Signavio doesn't have that capability. I have raised this issue with Signavio support, but it is one of the bottlenecks we are currently facing."

"The workflow automation of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"I would like to see more integration with the process manager in terms of the workflow accelerator."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is a little bit expensive."

"The product is expensive."

"The licenses are very costly. I've seen many people who are hesitant or not able to use ARIS Suite just because of the license cost. Even though they like all the functionalities and understand the value of everything ARIS provides, they aren't able to implement it."

"Many customers find the licensing configuration confusing. There are many different sub-details in the licensing, making it very difficult for us to understand what we are buying and what we are using with what."

"We are only able to use the free academic licenses because we have a financial constraint. We are not able to pay for commercial licenses to use this kind of tool."

"I think we're spending about $150,000 a year on licensing costs."

"The customer Journey Modeler is more than twice the price of Process Manager, which is a lot."

"My client purchased one editor license and the collaboration hub, which covers up to a hundred people."

"I found the pricing of the solution to be moderate compared to other choices."

"The product is expensive."

"I rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten."

"SAP is always more expensive. The per-user cost is hard to calculate and forecast for a big company."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

10%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	44

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ARIS Architect and Designer?

Currently, we don't have any metrics to measure the success of ARIS Architect and Designer. We would appreciate it if you could share anything with us that we can do to find out the impact.

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What is your primary use case for ARIS Architect and Designer?

We spoke with you about ARIS Architect and Designer. We already have two architect licenses, I think three architect licenses, and we have, I think, six or seven designer licenses. Architect is bas...

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What advice do you have for others considering ARIS Architect and Designer?

The reviewer is a consultant at KAFD. We would give ARIS Architect and Designer an overall review rating of ten out of ten.

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Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?

SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...

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What do you like most about Signavio Process Manager?

The visual representation is extremely powerful and easy to use in process modeling and analysis. I can show it to someone who doesn't know business process mapping, and they still understand bec...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signavio Process Manager?

The price of SAP Signavio Process Manager was quite high but could be afforded by an organization with a sensitive data scale.

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Also Known As

ARIS Architect & Designer, ARIS Architect, ARIS Designer

Signavio Process Editor

Overview

ARIS is the market-leading solution for professional business process management and modeling. Whether you want to document the "as-is" state of your operations for quality or certification reasons or design the "to-be" in terms of continuous improvement in your transformation program, ARIS is the best choice for establishing a single source of truth regarding all process excellence topics in your organization. It is for any organization looking to digitally transform their business, increase operational excellence and customer experience and ensure compliance in execution. ARIS helps you to make the most out of your processes with Process Mining, Risk & Compliance Management, RPA and much more.

What makes the difference?

The most comprehensive platform for process excellence in the market
Easy to use
Covers business & IT architecture from all angles
Full flexibility and >100 diagram types
Customer-driven development based on best practices
Strong partner ecosystem

ARIS is the market-leading solution for any organization and ideally suited to digitally transform the organization, increase operational excellence and customer experience and ensure compliance in execution.

Software AG

The Signavio portfolio of web-based business transformation solutions helps companies to understand and optimize all of their business processes quickly and at scale, providing instant insights for informed decision-making. Signavio’s intuitive analysis, change management and execution solutions around process excellence include use cases like digital transformation, operational excellence and customer-centricity, placing them at the heart of global organizations.

Over 1 million users in more than 1,500 organizations worldwide rely on Signavio products to make processes part of their company’s DNA. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Signavio was founded in 2009 to address the need for a collaborative approach to process management.

Signavio was acquired by SAP in the first quarter of 2021. For more information, visit www.signavio.com

SAP

Sample Customers

Tesco, Weifu, Airbus, Siemens, Proximus, Alicorp, Sekerbank, Bancor, Philips,Sky, Emirates NBD, Dubai Municipality, Suva, U.S. Army, Australia Post, Westfalen Weser Energie - ARIS serves customers across all industries and of every size worldwide. Companies trust ARIS as the market leader for process excellence with more than 30 years of experience in the market, 10 million users worldwide, from 1 user companies to the Fortune 500.

DHL, Coca Cola EP, Prudential, Zalando, T-Systems, Jabil, Endress+Hauser, Rakuten

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